The good of today, even though it was rough!

Did you know that if you ask God for patience with your kids, He will make sure that they drive you COMPLETELY insane? Ok, well maybe He doesn't do it, but they really can drive you nuts. One of my "resolutions" has been to be more patient with my kids. Some days are good, today, they drove me out of my mind. Nothing major, just lots of whinging and fighting. Blah.

But there were good moments today, great moments even. Since today was the first day of the new year, we didn't do any school work. We watched the Vienna Philharmonics New Years program. It was awesome. The kids all sat down and sat pretty quietly though most of it. The classical music and ballet really interested them. William liked the music and the ballerinas, Gwen and Annabelle liked the dancing and instruments. I know these sound like the same things, but they aren't. William is a fan of ALL music and will sit a listen pretty well. He also loves to watch women dance, he is a boy. But he is used to ballet because Gwen is in ballet classes and he gets drug there. The girls like musical instruments, because they are old enough to play some, and asked what just about every piece in the orchestra was. They loved to watch the ballet, because they both want to be ballerinas, they are girls.

We also went outside and rode bikes today. Well the girls did, William and I just watched and tried to stay out of the way. Annabelle has almost mastered her little bike, but only when she decides to pay attention. Gwen is asking to have her training wheels taken off. We will see.

We even ate dinner together. Now, when Phil is home, we ALWAYS eat together. But when it's just me, honestly, by the end of most days I'm tired of listening to the bossing and whinging, so I eat in the kitchen. Just for some quiet. Well William has decided that will no longer do. He will get up and run around until I will come sit with him. It's good, because that was also a resolution, to eat dinner with them more often, even if I want to lock them outside for the night.

Now if you are wondering, I LOVE my kids, I do. But it's hard sometimes when I am here most of the time alone. But I am praying that God will help me to be more understanding and patient with the children that He has given to me. I think that I should be the model of the grace and love of Christ to my kids. And I am working on it. So pray for strength for me, and endurance.

By the way, I added a skill to my wide array of things I can do without a man. I put air in the bike tires! I can work the air compressor!! :) Isn't it awesome what God can make us HAVE to learn???

Hope that you are all enjoying the first day of this new year. Remember that just because the year rolls over, doesn't mean that everything changes at once. But take this time to roll your attitude and perspective over with the year. We can't control what is going to happen to us, only how we react and how we handle each situation that God puts in front of us.

Have a Blessed New Year!